Tag Archives: Labour Party

Bishop of Leicester asks questions about Employment

Posted on June 3, 2025 by ianchisnall

The Bishop of Leicester, Martyn Snow, has been involved in the House of Lords for nearly 18 months and he recently asked two separate questions about ‘Employment: Disability’. The first was here and the second here which are both on … Continue reading →

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Lewes MP presses for UK-EU customs union

Posted on March 31, 2025 by ianchisnall

Today MPs consider ‘e-petition 707189 relating to the rules for political donations’ arranged by Irene Campbell, the Labour MP for North Ayrshire and Arran. The e-petition was created by Jeremy Stone described as ‘Tighten the rules on political donations’. He provided the … Continue reading →

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MPs call for action for the WASPI women

Posted on March 24, 2025 by ianchisnall

Today the ‘e-petition 700005 relating to the UK joining the European Union’ has been arranged by Paul Davies the Labour MP for Colne Valley, London. It was created by Robert McMaster in October 2024 which achieves 133,000 signatures in the UK. In … Continue reading →

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Merseyside requires Proportional Representation

Posted on January 10, 2023 by ianchisnall

This weekend I visited my family in Merseyside where I was born and grew up prior to moving to Sussex in 1978. I was interested to observe that throughout the Merseyside region that there are currently 15 MPs who cover … Continue reading →

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As Parliament closes, we need a new approach

Posted on July 21, 2022 by ianchisnall

Parliament will close down today and it is not due to reopen until Monday 5th September with either Elizabeth Truss or Rishi Sunak as the next Nations Prime Minister. Given that both of them have claimed they will not hold … Continue reading →

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An important debate due this morning

Posted on April 26, 2022 by ianchisnall

According to this document from “They Work for You” which is shown here the Fossil fuel extraction which is being organised by Caroline Lucas is due to take place this morning. These lists are often changed or amended quite significantly. … Continue reading →

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A great opportunity to discuss democracy in Lewes

Posted on February 24, 2022 by ianchisnall

On Saturday in Lewes there is a fantastic event taking place from 10am to 5.30pm at the Lewes Town Hall. It is described as Community Wealth Building : A Day of Participative Discussion and it is being organised by the … Continue reading →

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How can we persuade more people to vote?

Posted on December 3, 2021 by ianchisnall

The result yesterday in Bexley and Sidcup could have led to a Labour to have won if they could have done a deal with the Liberal Democrats and the Greens and if they could have persuaded the supporters of the … Continue reading →

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We need to carry out a radical political approach

Posted on November 30, 2021 by ianchisnall

Over the weekend a significant article emerged in the Guardian/Observer which was written by Toby Helm that reflected on the data recently carried out by Best for Britain. The article is available on line here and it makes it very … Continue reading →

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Well done Unite – sad it didn’t happen last month!

Posted on October 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

So thank goodness the 80% support from Labour Party members has finally persuaded the Unite Trade Union to endorse a Proportional Representation approach for the future. The information is available here. Let us hope that in the very near future … Continue reading →

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